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Siege of Kolberg

Siege of Kolberg was a siege conducted in March 1807 at Kołobrzeg Fortress, in what is now Poland. It was part of the War of the Fourth Coalition, which ran from 1806 to 1807. The recorded result: Siege lifted by peace treaty. Recorded strength: 14,000; 41 guns against 6,000; 230 guns; 46 guns on Swedish frigate.

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Prussian Field marshall August Neidhardt von Gneisenau congratulates Joachim Nettelbeck for defending the town against the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte, sculpted by Georg Meyer-Steglitz in 1904.
Prussian Field marshall August Neidhardt von Gneisenau congratulates Joachim Nettelbeck for defending the town against the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte, sculpted by Georg Meyer-Steglitz in 1904.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtMarch 1807
WhereKołobrzeg Fortress, Poland54.178N, 15.577E
OutcomeSiege lifted by peace treaty
BelligerentsFrench Empire; Polish insurgents; Italy; Kingdom of Holland; Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg; Saxe-Meiningen; Saxe-Hildburghausen; Saxe-Weimar; Württemberg; NassauagainstPrussia; Naval support: United Kingdom; Sweden
Casualties and losses5,000 killed, wounded or capturedand3,000 killed, wounded or captured
Part ofWar of the Fourth Coalition1806 to 1807

Where it sits in the War of the Fourth Coalition

Siege of Magdeburg, 1806Battle of Schleiz, 1806Battle of Saalfeld, 1806Battle of Auerstädt, 1806Capitulation of Erfurt, 1806Battle of Halle, 1806Battle of Prenzlau, 1806Capitulation of Pasewalk, 1806Battle of Waren-Nossentin, 1806Battle of Lübeck, 1806Battle of Czarnowo, 1806Battle of Pułtusk, 1806Siege of Graudenz, 1807Battle of Mohrungen, 1807Battle of Allenstein, 1807Battle of Ostrołęka, 1807Siege of Kolberg, 1807Siege of Danzig, 1807Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen, 1807Battle of Heilsberg, 1807Battle of Friedland, 180718061807Siege of Kolberg, 1807
21 placed engagements of the War of the Fourth Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateMarch 1807 (month precision)
to 2 July 1807
PlaceKołobrzeg Fortress, Poland
54.178N, 15.577E
KindSiege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength14,000; 41 guns6,000; 230 guns; 46 guns on Swedish frigate
Casualties and losses5,000 killed, wounded or captured3,000 killed, wounded or captured
Commanders
  • August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
  • Ferdinand von Schill
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1758 and 1945.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1807

Siege of Kolberg is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q574500, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kolberg (1807), revision 1371489403, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.